It happened, sometime
Early in the shower,
Between that first
Preferred temperature –
And strength –
And the satin feel of my hair
Running through
My own fingers.
“What is my longing?”
I asked myself.
And my skin
Told my hands;
As my hands
Redeemed my skin,
Finger-tips tracing
MezuzahThe mezuzah is a small box containing parchment on which are written the words of the Shema (Judaism's most central prayer). It is affixed to the doorpost of a Jewish home in order to fulfill the commandment to "inscribe [the words of God] upon the doorposts of your house and on your gates." pendant,
“There is poetry here.”
Thank you,
Pin-up girl
And TorahThe Five Books of Moses, and the foundation of all of Jewish life and lore. The Torah is considered the heart and soul of the Jewish people, and study of the Torah is a high mitzvah. The Torah itself a scroll that is hand lettered on parchment, elaborately dressed and decorated, and stored in a decorative ark. It is chanted aloud on Mondays, Thursdays, and Shabbat, according to a yearly cycle. Sometimes "Torah" is used as a colloquial term for Jewish learning and narrative in general.,
Age
And Menopause,
And the recent death
Of my mother,
For chaperoning me
To the Sanctuary of Truth;
Holy, liminal realm of
Erotic shared space.
Here is the landscape:
ShekhinahThe feminine name of God, expounded upon in the rabbinic era and then by the Kabbalists in extensive literature on the feminine attributes of the divine. and Malkhut,
Intermingling.
My soul
Animates
My body.
And I am exactly
What I need.
